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[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110215_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] The Internet has 4.3 billion IP addresses available for connected devices, but we’re running out of them sooner than we thought. The current Internet Protocol was created in 1977 and wasn’t built to handle the web’s explosive expansion. Luckily, a new protocol will soon be in place Continue Reading →

Nokia announced that its partnering with Microsoft to run the Windows Phone 7 OS on Nokia smartphones. Symbian developers were told to prepare for a new mobile operating system after the deal is complete. Nokia hopes the deal will help them compete with its biggest competition iOS and Android.  Read the full article at PCWorld.com Continue Reading →

Next on Live Digital: What is China doing about social media in Egypt? What’s in store for Angry Birds? Is Verizon really offering an unlimited data plan? And, what is the world’s most popular smartphone platform? Plus, I’ll talk with Ben Thomas about Canon camcorders. I’ll remind myself to speak with the Jeremy Toeman, creator of nudgemail.com about his online Continue Reading →

This week on Shelly Palmer Digital Living, Actor/Comedian, Orlando Jones talks with Shelly about digital parenting. John Abell, wired.com’s NY Bureau Chief and Shelly discuss Google’s accusations that Bing is stealing their search results and calling them its own. Shelly’s got some cool websites, great Google tips, important information about backing-up your computer, advice about Continue Reading →

Google claims that Bing is stealing their search results and Microsoft isn’t denying the accusation. By assigning a series of bogus queries to certain search results, Google caught Bing in the act. Strings of random letters bring up the same results on both search engines, but not until Google had assigned them to specific pages. Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110202_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Google claims that Bing is stealing their search results and Microsoft isn’t denying the accusation. By assigning bogus queries to specific sites, Google caught Bing in the act. Strings of random letters bring up the same results on both search engines, but not until Google had assigned Continue Reading →

Microsoft’s second quarter earnings are in and they had a more profitable quarter than Apple. With $6.63 billion in profit, Microsoft surpassed Apple’s record profit of $6 billion. The growth is thanks to the holiday favorite Xbox Kinect and over 300 million copies sold of the Windows 7 operating system. Read the full article at Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110128_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] UK police arrested 5 people from the group Anonymous, who are responsible for the DDoS attacks on behalf of WikiLeaks. Those arrested were male, age 15 to 26 years old, after almost a year of investigation. Following Julian Assange’s arrest last year, the group launched cyber attacks Continue Reading →

Microsoft moved up its Xbox and Kinect production for the holiday season and will consequently see shortages in the next two months. Demand for the units was plentiful, with 1.9 million Xboxes sold in December, but the production shortages stopped them from surpassing Nintendo Wii’s 2.3 million units. Consoles are facing declining sales in the Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110117_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Internet monitoring company Pingdom analyzed numerous reports to figure out how users spent their time online in 2010. 1.97 billion worldwide users sent over 107 trillion messages, 360 billion items on Facebook and watched over 730 billion videos on Youtube. Social media is only getting bigger, and Continue Reading →